Innovation Funding Tap Guidelines

							Navy SBIR/STTR Programs

    www.navysbir.com
                                 Navy SBIR Program Goals



    • Use small business to develop
      innovative R&D that address Navy
      needs
    • Implement that technology into a
      Navy Weapon System


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                                       Leveraging Investment
                                         in Small Business

                                                           Private Sector
                                                               Market


                                   $
                                          Small             DoD/Other
                                         Business          Government
           $                     Navy
                                 SBIR


         Navy                                               Navy Mission
       Programs



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                                 Navy Needs Are Diverse




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                                 Navy SBIR Program
                                    Description
           • Mission oriented R&D program
                   - Over 80% of Naval topics address a specific need from a
                     PEO/PM/FNC office (i.e. military application)
           • Aligned with Acquisition Programs
                   - Acquisition offices select topics and awardees based on
                     their R&D priorities and SBIR funding allocation
           • Provides small business an opportunity to meet
             Naval needs and requirements
                   - Navy topics are found in every SBIR/STTR solicitation
           • Provides transition assistance support
                   - Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
           • Decentralized management
                   - Need to be aware of various specific guidelines


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                                 Transition Assistance
                                    Program (TAP)
            • All Phase II companies attend orientation
            • Optional contractor service provided by Navy
            • Business strategy development training
            • Defense Transition Plan development training
            • Course includes development of business plans,
              protection of intellectual property, license
              agreements, partnering, venture capital, etc
            • 10 month program ends with companies briefing
              Naval PM’s, Industry and VC’s communities at 3
              day forum



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                                               Funding and Program
                                                    Managers
         Program administration: John Williams, Director NAVY SBIR

                                     FY 2005: NAVY SBIR ….$253M
                                              NAVY STTR......$30M
         Program execution*:
                                      NAVY SBIR FY 2005 Funding Breakout:
                                     NAVAIR…...$108M                    Carol Van Wyk
                                     NAVSEA......$59M                   Janet Jaensch
                                     ONR………..$46M                       Cathy Nodgaard
                                     MARCOR… $12M                       Paul Lambert
                                     SPAWAR .…$15M                      Linda Whittington
                                     NSMA........…$8M                   Clint Meyers
                                          NAVSUP, SSPO, NAVFAC …~$5M
                                        STTR…..$30M             Dottie Vincent
                          *each has different guidelines for phase IIs be sure to check out


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                                  Program Phases

              Phase I                                      Phase II*
           < $70K Base
                                                        < $600K Base
          < $30K Option
                                    Feasibility        < $150 K Option
                                 1/2-1 person/year

     Production                                                    2-5 person-years
    Further R&D                                                     ~2-yr. duration
   Non-SBIR Funds                    Phase III
                                   Government
                                                          Demonstration
                                    or Private           Commercialization
                                                           Development

                                                         *varies by component
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                                       Navy SBIR Program
                                           Statistics
    • Statistics for the SBIR programs:
                  •              # of Topic   $M    # of proposals   # of Phase I   # of Phase II
            -    2001             192         129       1,798          241               136
            -    2002             207         158       3,072          573               170
            -    2003             222         205       3,088          510               122
            -    2004             186         225       3,811          565               239
    • Statistics for STTR programs:
                  •              # of Topic $M      # of proposals   # of Phase I # of Phase II
            -    2001              10       7.7           100           19               7
            -    2002              19       9.5           158           42              16
            -    2003              26      12.4           314           69              20
            -    2004              34       25            404           91              27




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                        Small Business Participation
                                 SBIR Proposals/Awards

         5                                        0
                                       2                     5
                                                                                                                  1
         2            0                           1                      0
                                       1                                             21                 18   49
                                                  0              1
                                                                                         10        22
                 2          2              16                    2
                                                                         1       3
                                                         2
         60                                                                          0             22
                                                         3           0       2                    3
                                   9       1
                                                                                              1
                                                                         0   12
                                                        20                               2
                                                                     0

                                                                                              8




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                                 What Are The Odds


      • Average 10 proposals per topic
      • 2 phase I awards per topic
      • 40% of Phase I proposals go to
        Phase II




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                                       FY 2003 SBIR Phase III
                                            Comparison
                                                       ( Funding in $M)



                                                                                                 DD350 DATA




                       Navy received 22% of SBIR funding but obtained 81% of Phase III dollars

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                               Navy Funded SBIR
                            Companies now on NASDAQ
     Advanced Technology Materials,         Irvine Sensors Corp.
         Inc.
                                            Kopin Corp.
     American Superconductor Corp.
                                            Laser Power Corp.
     American XTAL Technologies, Inc.
     APA Optics                             Nanophase Technologies
     Astropower                             Nichols Research Corp.
     Conductus, Inc.                        Qualcomm, Inc.
     Cree Research, Inc.                    SatCon Corp.
     Cryolife                               SDL, Inc.
     Emcore                                 Spire Corp.
     HNC Software, Inc.                     Superconductor Technologies
     II-VI. Inc.                            ViaSat Corp.


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                                 Navy SBIR/STTR Bulletin
                                         Board
                         Get the most updated information on the Navy program
                                        http://www.navysbir.com




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                                 Success Story Publication
                                            • success story books
                                              highlighting SBIR and
                                              STTR companies that
                                              have transitioned
                                              technology
                                                - copies disseminated
                                                  to Congressional
                                                  leaders, PEO/PM’s,
                                                  Large Primes, and
                                                  Small Businesses




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